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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... 104.06 US cents and 105.06 US cents. It hit a peak of 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983. Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... 103.85 US cents and 105.15 US cents. It hit a peak of 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983. CMC markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said the Australian dollar was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... 103.85 US cents and 105.14 US cents. It hit a peak of 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983 HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said the Australian dollar had outperformed overnight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... 102.46 US cents and 103.76 US cents. It hit a peak of 110.81 US cents on July 27, its highest level since the fixed exchange rate era ended with its float in December 1983 Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said the Australian dollar ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The Australian share market has received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with markets falling as US policy-makers continue to search for a resolution of the country's immediate debt problem. At 0728 AEST, the local September share price ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Bulgaria, Venezuela, Serbia, San Marino in 1889. The Union was disbanded in 1927. The second was the introduction of the Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1979. This too started to fail when the UK was forced out in 1992 - only two years after joining the p ...

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Lay off China when it comes to global inflationary pressures was a central theme at the AllianceBernstein symposium where clients and industry heads gathered to discuss the changing face of global investing. Discussing the impact of emerging markets ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... meeting, the RBA kept interest rates despite the sharp pick up in inflation in the March quarter because "...the rising exchange rate will be helping to hold down prices for some consumer products over the coming few quarters" and "The Bank expects that ...

BetaShares introduces gold ETF

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... gold bullion product on the ASX, which aims to protect investors from fluctuations on the Australian and US dollar exchange rate. "In the last 2 years to April 2011, the S&P/ASX 200 delivered an 18% p.a. return while the gold price in USD increased by ...

Up, down or sideways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... any environment - tranquil, rough or in-between -- is a mug's game. The recent surge in the Australian dollar's exchange rate versus the American greenback had been so strong, it's hard to miss. No siree! Have you noticed the number of Aussies that were ...